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of the Garden. Specifications and plans for the bridge to carry 
this driveway over the valley of the river have been prepared by 
Mr. Brinley, and it is hoped that a contract for its construction 
may be let by the Park Department by about the end of the year. 
It is a satisfaction to be able to announce that work is now going 
forward on all the uncompleted driveway system planned for the 
Garden, except a portion about one thousand feet long, through 
the arboretum on the east side of the Bronx. 
Work on the bridge which is to carry the main driveway over 
the Bronx River near the Newell Avenue entrance at the north- 
ern end of the Garden has been slowly progressing since its com- 
mencement in May, but it is now approaching completion and it 
is expected that both the bridge and the grading for the driveway 
will be finished before the end of the year. 
Dr. C. F. Millspaugh, Curator, Department of Botany in the 
Field Columbian Museum of Chicago, spent two weeks at the 
Garden during November in the study of the collections from the 
West Indies. 
Mr. W. R. Maxon, of the U. S. National Museum, is.in resi- 
dence at the Garden, making a study of the ferns of Jamaica in 
consultation with Professor L. M. Underwood. 
Mr. John Shafer, formerly custodian of botany at the Carnegie 
Museum of Pittsburg, has been appointed custodian of the Mu- 
seum at the Garden, and took up his new duties on Novem- 
ber 15. 
Bulletin No. 9 of the Garden was issued under date of Novem- 
ber 11. This number is devoted entirely to scientific contribu- 
tions and contains four papers. The first ‘‘ New or Noteworthy 
American Crassulaceae,” by Dr. N. L. Britton and Dr. J. N. Rose, 
of the U. S. National Museum is a revision of the family in ques- 
tion that has been carried on under exceptionally favorable circum- 
stances. Dr. Rose has made trips to Mexico for the purpose of 
adding to the extensive collections of material previously obtained 
by him, and the majority of the species have been cultivated in 
the New York Botanical Garden or the Botanic Garden at Wash- 
ington. Nearly every species has been examined in the living 
